The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-10

plant is from a bulb set last February. 1t
| has had no special care or fertilizing Inc
soil and climate of South Florida seem spe-
cially adapted to the growth OF this plant
| and the tuberO6e Five thousand tuberose
bulbs are growing in the same grounds.
Messrs Alhertson and Oliver. Of Titus
vile, launched their new steamer Cleo on
| Tuesday afternoon The boat makes fine
appearance, and, with the splendid machin-
cry purchased for her should make excel
| lent time. The boat is a fine sample OF the
work that can be done at Titusville, ana she
will bear inspection from keel to upper deck
| Her length is "a feet, with 10 feet beam, mas
two marine engines and double screws.
Sixteen hundred persons have signed the
| petition to the County Commissioners OF
| Alachua asking that an election be called 10
| have final settlement with "old WHISKY
| The election will doubtless be interesting, as
| good arguments on both sides Of the ques-
ton will be presented The talk at present
is such as indicates that the little brown
| jug" will probably be popular after the cleo
ton Is held, as it looks now as If old Alachua
will go dry.
George Crawford, of East Conway, has
recently erected large packing house in
which to pack his oranges and vegetables
and prepare them for shipping. Mr.. Craw-
| ford reports that one of the pressing needs
Of his section is railroad connection with
| Orlando. The country to the eastward OF
| Lake Conway has developed very rapidly
during the last two or three years, and ~
| railroad to carry away the products OF the
groves and gardens is greatly needed.
The home of Bill Williams, eolored
| farmer who lives four miles west of ITALIA
hassee, has been blessed with about dozen
babies, Last Sunday Bill and his wife went
to church and left the little flock to take
| care of themselves, An infant about
months old soon began to cry, and one of
the larger youngsters, ito quiet it, gave 1t
dose of potassium, found i'll a bottle about
| the house. 1t 'quieted" the baby, and the
| little fellows cries will never trouble them
again.
An umbrella started from Ocala, went to
LeeSburg, came back to Ocklawaha station,
was carried to the Chautauqua grounds on
Lake Weir, brought back to Ocklawaha
and left there From there it was carried
to Gainesville, then sent back to Ocklawaha
station. From there it was returned to
OCala after being repeatedly photographed
for and changing hands every time it made
a change. The owner has it now, and should
keep it among the archives of the United
States Treasury to help fill up the vacant
space there.
The South Florida Railroad Company and
| tie jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
Railway Company have agreed on a union
| passenger depot for Sanford. 1t will be
built of brick and iron, and with the passen-
| ger shed, which will cover all the tracks en-
| tering the depot, will be 275 feet long. 1t
will be highly ornamental and will be used
by all the railroads centering there. The
| companies ask the City Council to discon-
| tinue the Commercial street crossing over
| the South Florida Railroad, as they want to
| no 10 10
of the one which was burned last summer,
and one block is not large enough to accom-
| mOdate an unbroken passenger train.
Plans are being made looking to the cree
| ton of building for the use of the San
| ford Lyceum. The vacant lot on the cor
| ner of Park avenue and second street. north
| east, is the property of the association, and
is in the name of j. T. Melbourne, ct al,
| trustees. The building will be of modern
| style of architecture, and fully ornamental,
and will be an ornament as well as a most
useful institution to the town. The asso-
| citation has now in hand fund of more
| than 81, 800, which will be largely supple
mented by the time the work on the build
| ing is begun. Judge Melbourne goes North
next week, and he will in Boston visit sew
eral places and get plans for the proposed
building. 1t is proposed to have the new
house ready for use next winter.
At Tampa man by the name Of Paul
| and his friends met party by the name of
Bascom and his friends in room the other
night for quiet game of poker. The cards
were shuffled and cut and dealt around
Each party seemed to be satisfied with his
hand, and the bets were made, and the
friends of the players staked their shekels
on their principal with the greatest conf
dence. At last call was made and the
hands spread out when it was found that
Mr. Bascom held the winning cards but
Paul declined to give up the stakes, and said
he wouldn't have bet a cent If he hadn't
thought he had the winning cards and it
wasn't right to make him pay when he was
honestly mistaken about where the best hand
lay. Mr.. Paul will play the 'baby act" to
avoid paying the wager.
The following civil appointments have
been made during the week: William c.
| Pickett, to be Sheriff in and for the county
of Franklin; John Roche, to be Tax Collec-
tor in and for the county of Washington;
David G. Hull, to be Tax Assessor in and for
the county of Sumter; L. A. Hall, to be No
tary Public in and for the State at large;
John l., Williams, TO be Inspector of Tim
Der in and tor the county of Santa Rosa;
William c. Campbell, to be Justice of the
Peace in and for the county of Franklin:
James E. Gill, to be Justice of the Peace in
and for the county of DeSoto; William H.
Robertson, to be County Commissioner in
and for the county of Alachua; B. NJ Sims,
to be County Commissioner in and for the
county of Orange; Lewis R. Thomas, to be
County Commissioner in and for the county
of Alachua T. P. Taylor, to be County
Commissioner in and for the county of
Baker.
Specimens Of the white Niagara grape
have been sent by Messrs. Haynes, Young
a. Bailey, of Orlando to prominent fruit
growers all over the State. They preferred
TO thus make this splendid fruit more thor
oughly known rather than sell their crop,
for which they were offered Coo per pound.
Their grapes began to ripen by June q, at
which date 81 y per pound was being
paid in New York for hot-house grapes
decidedly inferior to these grapes grown
here in the open air These gentlemen are
confident that, with thorough cultivation
and attention, the fruit can be made to
ripen as early as June 10 next year or
eleven days earlier than the present crop.
They are getting five acres Of ground ready
for Irish potatoes, and when that crop
comes of I'm February they will plant It
all in Niagara grapes. 1t will take about
1908 at ten feet apart each way to set out
the ground.
AT Sanford Thursday a dead baby was